But spiders crawling into
your mouth should be the least of your worries when your far away and dreaming
in slumberland.
This young man had to
have hundreds of tiny maggots removed from his ear after houseflies invaded and
laid their tiny eggs while he was sleeping. WARNING - Graphic Content
Doctors in India said if
they had not treated him, the wriggling larvae - which were feeding
off his flesh - could have burrowed into his brain and killed him.
The stomach-churning
video was uploaded onto YouTube by Dr Vikram Yadav, who treated the
unfortunate man.
They can be seen
squirming inside the man's head before Yadav painstakingly removes them with a
pair of tweezers.
An infestation of ear
maggots is a common problem in the tropics and subtropics - going by the name
of aural myasis.
Sufferers usually
complain of a buzzing in the ear and a smelly
discharge - the fatality rate is 8% according It is usually seen in
children younger than 10 years of age or in debilitated individuals.
The best way to get rid
of the infestation is to "make them suffocate so they come to the
surface".
As he picks the maggots
out manually, Yadav says: "If anybody sleeps, a child, an old person, and
you see any houseflies there, put some cloth on their face so they don’t enter
into the orifices and lay their eggs.
"Prevention is
better."
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